When Tinbergen Arranged Pinecones Around the Nest of a Female

question 78

Multiple Choice

When Tinbergen arranged pinecones around the nest of a female digger wasp, then moved them when the wasp was gone, the wasp ____.

• A) did not find the nest unless the pinecones were returned
• B) dug a new nest in the center of the repositioned circle of pinecones
• C) found the nest immediately demonstrating pinecone placement was irrelevant
• D) abandoned the nest entirely
• E) took longer to find the nest

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